Cronky Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Man United have apparently agreed a fee in the region of thirty million quid for Lucas. Risky stuff. Nah it's not risky. He's looked exceptional to me. Anyone that young is a risk, but he looks a risk worth taking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Man United have apparently agreed a fee in the region of thirty million quid for Lucas. Risky stuff. http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/24482241.jpg http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/24482316.jpg Pretty much how I feel about this as a Newcastle fan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Wigan should sign Roger Espinoza. They love a Honduran and he was great at the Olympics Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 He played well against Brazil. Still injured Ben Arfa though, so fuck him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I'm not convinced Kagawa is actually a world class player or someone who will consistently produce at the highest level of the game. I like his game, and he will have a long, productive career, but I don't think he is a truly special talent. His stature seems to have grown substantially because Man U signed him. He's been the Bundesliga's best player two seasons running. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Colossus Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Man United have apparently agreed a fee in the region of thirty million quid for Lucas. Risky stuff. Nah it's not risky. He's looked exceptional to me. Anyone that young is a risk, but he looks a risk worth taking. From what I've seen of him he looks a little in favour of tricks and showiness than end product, but I assume Ferguson would be able to coach that into him in the same way he did Cristiano Ronaldo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 CR is Portuguese though. Lucas is inevitably just gonna get a taste for diamonds, hookers and coke. He'll be 20 stone by January and shipped out on loan to Turkey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 If we sell a winger to accommodate Lucas it 100% won't be Valencia. Incredibly consistent, blistering pace and arguably our best player the last few seasons. He's been given #7 as well which is normally an important gesture by the club. (Still annoyed Owen got it) Nani on his day is unplayable though and he's improved his consistency massively over the last two seasons. I see him as much more valuable than Young and don't want him sold. I echo the thoughts of a few in here though, CM should be addressed before adding any more wingers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Could never understand why Ferguson bought Young in the first place, as he's definitely not Man Utd quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 That Ravel Morrison is off to Birmingham on loan. Dodged a bullet there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Could never understand why Ferguson bought Young in the first place, as he's definitely not Man Utd quality. I thought he was a good player at Villa, but I didn't think we particularly needed another winger other than for back up. He had a fantastic start for us though but his form became erratic after a while. He's some way behind Nani and Valencia for me. He's English though. Pay more for less. £16m was a big figure, especially since he only had a year left on his contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Could never understand why Ferguson bought Young in the first place, as he's definitely not Man Utd quality. How many of their current lot are what you'd call "Man Utd quality" though? The standard for that calibre has diminished IMO. He's an effective Premiership player, a good flat-track runner and gets them cheap goals. Will never be especially useful for them in Europe, or against top-level domestic competition, but for turning those frustrating bore-draw games into annoyingly jammy 1-0s, he can do a job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Aye that's a fair point Beren. It's certainly arguably the weakest Man Utd team I've seen in my lifetime. Which is why I think Ferguson deserves huge amount of praise for the fact they only lost the league on goal difference last year and how they achieved such a huge points total. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Aye that's a fair point Beren. It's certainly arguably the weakest Man Utd team I've seen in my lifetime. Which is why I think Ferguson deserves huge amount of praise for the fact they only lost the league on goal difference last year and how they achieved such a huge points total. Agreed, as much as it pains to say it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Could never understand why Ferguson bought Young in the first place, as he's definitely not Man Utd quality. I thought he was a good player at Villa, but I didn't think we particularly needed another winger other than for back up. He had a fantastic start for us though but his form became erratic after a while. He's some way behind Nani and Valencia for me. He's English though. Pay more for less. £16m was a big figure, especially since he only had a year left on his contract. Young was great for us, other than a few things, which cropped up mostly in the last year of his contract. His diving and rolling around went haywire (it never really bothered me that much, but it pissed a lot of our fans off). Also, he started insisting on taking EVERY free kick, despite his free kicks being largely awful. I loved watching him play, though. The problem is, he's a confidence player, and he'll get the match time he needs to build that at Villa, as he would at lots of other PL sides, but he's not going to get that much time at Man United, obviously, and that's the down side of him going there. Downing is even more of a confidence player. With us, his first season (well, half season, as we signed him with a bad injury), he was utter turd. Last season he was excellent. Much as i have enjoyed laughing at the weasel faced wanker this season, if he stays at Liverpool, I bet he has a good season this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Man United have apparently agreed a fee in the region of thirty million quid for Lucas. Risky stuff. Nah it's not risky. He's looked exceptional to me. Anyone that young is a risk, but he looks a risk worth taking. From what I've seen of him he looks a little in favour of tricks and showiness than end product, but I assume Ferguson would be able to coach that into him in the same way he did Cristiano Ronaldo. What? Lucas is the opposite of everything you just said. You cant have seen anything of him, compared to Neymar, Lucas always tries to go on goal and rarely tricks around. He has a very attack minded style, Neymars a bit more of a dribbler with extreme speed and one of the best technique around. Lucas is a fast player with a extremely good shot on him. His problem is that at times he loses the ball because he just tries to attack without thinking at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Also, Lucas on his way to PSG. Everything is done, and he will go there to sign a contract and have his medical after the Olympics and move there in January I think playing till the end of the season in Sao Paulo. This if Ferguson doesnt come out and does his all to sign him. But with Kagawa, Nani, Valencia, Young, Welbeck I can see him letting this one go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 CR is Portuguese though. Lucas is inevitably just gonna get a taste for diamonds, hookers and coke. He'll be 20 stone by January and shipped out on loan to Turkey. Yet they accomplish more than any American player ever have Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Also, Lucas on his way to PSG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 bloody sick of PSG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Michael kightly to stoke fee agreed. Never been impressed always looked average Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Bit of a grafter like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 bloody sick of PSG Killing the sport Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Killing their league more like, what a horrible league that's going to be next year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Colossus Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Man United have apparently agreed a fee in the region of thirty million quid for Lucas. Risky stuff. Nah it's not risky. He's looked exceptional to me. Anyone that young is a risk, but he looks a risk worth taking. From what I've seen of him he looks a little in favour of tricks and showiness than end product, but I assume Ferguson would be able to coach that into him in the same way he did Cristiano Ronaldo. What? Lucas is the opposite of everything you just said. You cant have seen anything of him, compared to Neymar, Lucas always tries to go on goal and rarely tricks around. He has a very attack minded style, Neymars a bit more of a dribbler with extreme speed and one of the best technique around. Lucas is a fast player with a extremely good shot on him. His problem is that at times he loses the ball because he just tries to attack without thinking at times. You'll obviously have seen him more than me but that's closer to what I meant tbf. Seems to sometimes end up running down blind alleys because he hasn't released the ball when there was an option to pass. No doubts that he could become a success at Man U (or PSG ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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